CBNS Railway Upgrade Final Report

Port of Sydney Development Corporation













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Based on the information currently available, the in-service section of the Sydney and Hopewellsubdivisions already operate as a Class 2 railway at 25MPH, therefore no work or additional fundingshould be required on these sections of track beyond the normal operational maintenance. However, theout-of-service portion of the Sydney subdivision will require the following work to operate trains at 10MPH (Class 1)       

Once the track is operational at 10MPH, additional track work will be required to further increase trackspeeds to original values (Class 3). The work detailed below will be required on the Sydney subdivision toachieve 40MPH, or track design speeds:    

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Based on the available information and the site inspections carried out, the out-of-service portion of theSydney subdivision will require the following signals work to bring the 40 crossing up to a fully functionalstate to operate trains at 10 MPH (Class 1)                

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4.4.3.1 Vertical clearance    4.4.3.2 Bridge Approaches



4.4.3.3 Bridge Decks

4.4.3.4 Bridge Structural Work





4.4.3.5 Summary of Immediate Bridge Work & Cost



4.4.4.1 Bridge approaches4.4.4.2 Bridge Decks4.4.4.3 Bridge Structural Work



4.4.4.4 Summary of Bridge Work and Cost



TEU/year 200,000 500,000 1,000,000Rail ratio (vs rail+road+ship) (Average Import / Export) 50% 50% 50% Rail TEU/yr 100,000 250,000 500,000 TEUs/railcar visit 6.00 6.00 6.00 Required railcars / year 83,400 Average railcars / day 16,700 41,700 332 Railcar length (ft) 111* 166 65Assumed train length for train speed calculations 65 180 65 180 120



1 Timetable Speed Hopewell Sub (Class 2)10mph Speed Limit for Sydney Sub 16:35-18:00 16:55-17:452 Timetable Speed Hopewell Sub (Class 3)Sydney Sub 10MPH + 70 miles upgraded to Timetable speed(Class 3) 10:00-11:35 10:20-11:203 Timetable Speedsfor Sydney and Hopewell Subs 7:25 - 9:15 7:55-9:054 Timetable Speedsfor Sydney and Hopewell SubsSpeeds under 25mph raised to 25mph 7:00-8:40 7:30-8:35

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